I'm somewhat reticent about postings with "real live people" in them, since I am painfully aware of how things can get misused or misappropriated. But, here goes anyway. (W.C.Fields used to say "Grab the bull by the tail and look the situation in the face.")
Eddie Fisher. Nice guy. Really nice guy. I have found almost all successful people in show-biz are very nice, but he stands out as an exceptionally nice guy. Unfortunate that, because of addiction problems, parts of his life are a blank for him. I still have the autobiography he gave me - too bad he didn't autograph it.
Eddie liked to talk to the audience during his show. And I mean talk to them. Not scripted stuff, but monologue/conversation. (It was engaging to listen to him. He was very easy to talk with, at least backstage. And a nice voice too.)
Anyway, the owner of the club would have none of that talking-to-the-audience stuff. He was paying good money, and he didn't hire Eddie to talk to the audience. (If he wanted that, he would have hired Woody Woodbury - again.)
So here's Mike (the owner), from 30 feet away, telling Eddie (a genuine honest-to-goodness star) in a fairly loud voice:
"Don't talk Eddie. Sing!"
Repeatedly.
(And he wondered why business was not so good.)
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Thanks for the nice words about Eddie Fisher. I have been a fan of Eddie's for many years. I have seen him in person many times. I have met him many times and he is a very nice man. I also remember when he would talk and people wanted him to just sing. I saw him at the Top Hat in Windsor, Canada and his boss there yelled for him to "just sing Eddie". Thanks again.
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